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Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Good morning, it’s the end of October so sadly time for the last post from our fabulous guest designer for this month Mandy

Mandy has made a perfect card for Halloween and used our popular Abracadabra! stamp…

Isn’t it fab!

She’s coloured him in with Copic markers and the papers are Magnolia & Prima

Those little scrabble tiles are from fuzzimo, a new site to me but I know some of you have been looking for them so worth a mention as they are a free download

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I’m sure you’ll all agree that Mandy has been a brilliant guest designer for us, we’ve had lots of comments on the cards and projects that she’s done during the month so do have a look at her own blog here to see more of her lovely work

Make sure you pop back tomorrow when I’ll be introducing a new guest designer for November – a little clue, she’s just a simple girl!

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Good morning crafters, hope I find you all well on this Autumn day. The weather has changed now and all the leaves have fallen from the trees – I do like the Autumn I have to say, we usually get some lovely fresh and blustery days

On those grey and damp days that we inevitably have though what better way to spend them than crafting …I hope we give you lots of ideas on here for your own cards and projects

If you are a new visitor then welcome to the Lili of the Valley blog, we post a new card every single day and if you leave us a comment you are in with a chance of winning a £25 voucher in our prize draw at the end of each month. The more comments you leave the more chance you have of winning!

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The new mermaids and fairies are now available on the website and you can find them here

Our design team enjoyed using them and made us some beautiful cards, here’s another couple that I want to share with you using the mermaids…

You can see both cards on the girl’s own blogs (click on the pictures) if you would like more details of what they used …and do make sure you pop back tomorrow for our last post of the month from our guest designer Mandy

Friday, 26 October 2012

Don’t forget it’s our Christmas open day tomorrow if you are near enough to visit us in Leeds. There will be mulled wine and mince pies …and lots going on. We’ve trimmed the showroom up and it look amazing, we’re all feeling very festive now and you’ll be able to get hold of all our Christmas products as well as lots of other crafting goodies

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I have another sneaky peek of our little mermaid today, the Design Team have loved using them and they have all made some amazing cards to share with you

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Another sneak peek of the new stamps today - this by Pops and she’s used Fairy With Dove…

…if your going to the HobbyCrafts show at the SECC this week (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) you’ll be able to get these before anyone else has them because we’re launching them there! If you can’t get there they will be available at our open day on Saturday (at the Lili of the Valley showroom in Leeds) and then they will be on sale on the website from midnight on Tuesday

AND, I HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS! …we have 3 sets of the new stamps to giveaway in an exclusive Facebook competition, so if you haven’t paid our page a visit then make sure you do so…

There are 5 stamps in the new set - 3 mermaids and 2 fairies worth £22.50. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes is to leave your suggestions for future stamp ideas that you would like to see from LOTV (don’t forget that this is ONLY on our Facebook page, suggestions left on here won’t go in the draw)

The competition closes at midday on Friday UK time and 3 winners will be picked at random

Lucy puts cards on there every day and also lots of Lili of the Valley news. You can ask us any questions you might have and also put you own cards and projects on there to share with other Lili of the Valley fans

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

We’ve had amazing feedback so far about our new mermaid designs and we’re really pleased that you like them as much as we do!

This is the 3rd stamp in the in the set and this lovely card was made by our Mindy

Mindy has used patterned papers from our Petal Fresh pad on her card and you can get the Wild Orchid Craft flowers and ribbon in our showroom if you want to have a go at making this lovely card yourselves

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Good morning crafters, I have a couple more sneaky peeks for you today of our latest fairies…

...they go on sale on the website at midnight next Tuesday, but you’ll be able to get hold of them early if you are able to visit us on Saturday. We’re having another one of our open days at our showroom in Leeds and this one is going to be our Christmas Crafting Spectacular!

The shop will be bursting with all things Christmassy, including all our Christmas products (if you haven’t yet bought them) and some fabulous products for your festive cards and projects

The colouring classes are now full but we’ll have some fabulous free demonstrations including how to stamp onto candles, how colour with pencils onto ‘Kraft’ paper and more

There will also be some tasty refreshments including mulled wine and mince pies and some fun competitions where you can win prizes!

If you are away for the school holiday week in the UK, don’t despair! We have a fabulous LOTV Party planned for Saturday 24th November, our final open day of 2012, which everyone can attend, either in person (although it would be quite full!) or virtually, though our online Facebook party. We are also open every Saturday until 1st December

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The 2 new fairies are Bumblebee Fairy and Fairy With Dove ...and our Fleur and Lou have made these 2 scrummy cards to show you…

You can see more details on their own blogs (click the pictures for a link) and I’ll have another peek to show you tomorrow of our mermaids

Monday, 22 October 2012

I have another little sneak peek for you today using one of our new mermaid stamps. There are 3 mermaids and a couple of new fairies and they will be available at our next Open Day on October 27th and also at the Glasgow Hobby Crafts show which is 25th to 28th October

If you’re not able to attend ether of those events then they will be on sale on the website from Tuesday 30th October

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Today’s card was made by our lovely Katarina, she’s used one of the new mermaids and patterned papers from our Promises pad

There aren’t many mermaids on the market …and if you find one it certainly won’t be anywhere near as pretty as these little cuties!

Sunday, 21 October 2012

Good morning, it’s the Stamp Magic show today at Doncaster Dome so if you’re going to the show make sure you stop by our stand and say Hello! It’s a lovely show that we enjoy doing …it’s small and friendly!

I have another piece of work to share with you today from Mandy who is our guest designer for October.

Saturday, 20 October 2012

Good morning all, the weekend again already – doesn’t the time just fly by!

Just a reminder that our showroom is still open every Saturday until December 1st (10-4) …we appreciate that some of you can’t get here during the week because of work, school etc. so hope you’ll be able to visit us then

We have our next open day coming up on October 27th, there will be lots going on and a chance to get hold of the new fairies and mermaid stamps early so watch out for more details of that shortly

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I haven’t posted any Christmas cards for a while so thought we’d have a change today, these 2 beautiful cards were made by our Moni

This first card uses one of my favourite stamps from this years Christmas designs – Light The Way

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Good morning crafters …did you stay up until midnight to get your Mini Masterpiece sheets?

These new designs have been really popular and we’re so pleased that you like them – there are 40 sheets in total now so plenty of choice for all the cards you need to make throughout the year

We’ve extended the free shipping** offer so that it includes this new release so make sure you get your order in before the offer finishes

**please note that free shipping does not apply to paper pads, because of the weight of them we have to make a small charge towards the cost of shipping, details are on the website

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Lisa and Laila took a day off from running the business last week to have a play with the new sheets …and I thought you’d like to see some of the cards that they came up with

The girls don’t often get chance to create now as they are so busy (thank goodness …you should have seen the mess they made!!) and these cards show just what great results you can get with the toppers even if you're not an experienced crafter

…it also shows that you don’t need to have a massive crafty stash or hours to spare to produce some really lovely cards

…isn't it a lovely selection of cards for all occasions!

These and lots more will be on display in our showroom ...and our website galleries will be updated shortly to include a Mini Masterpiece gallery and also all the new Christmas cards so look out for more news about that

Make sure you stop by tomorrow for something a bit different …and have a lovely day everyone

Sunday, 14 October 2012

Good morning everybody, it’s the weekend again and we’re having some lovely weather here in Leeds.

We’ve had some beautiful bright and breezy days with just a bit of a nip in the air; I love Autumn when it’s like this and I hope you’re managing to find time to sneak in a bit of crafting on this lovely sunny Sunday!

Only 1 more day to go until the release of our new Mini Masterpiece sheets and I have another little sneaky peek for you today;

This is one of our older images and was on one of most popular die cut sheets called Vintage Girls. That sheet has now sold out so I’m sure you’ll be pleased to see these lovely little girls brought back as a Mini Masterpiece …beautifully coloured in as always for you by our Bev

The stamp is here on our website and it’s called Little Girls Tea Time

The little blue felt flowers are new to our showroom and they are SO cute! …we have them in various colours and styles

Saturday, 13 October 2012

Good morning everyone, thanks as always for stopping by …and I hope you can find a little bit of crafty inspiration while you’re here!

I have another sneaky peek of the new Mini Masterpiece sheets to show you today;

This is Christmas Star, she was one of our best selling Christmas images this year and we’re bringing her to you now beautifully coloured and ready to use!

I did some layering on this card, each sheet has 1 larger image, 2 medium and 4 smaller ones so they are great if you like to decoupage

I used the medium size picture and from the second one cut out the tree, the star, her coat and her boots. It’s not a technique I use often but I was pleased with the result although you can’t see it very well on the picture

Friday, 12 October 2012

…the next 16 sheets will be launched on the website at midnight UK time next Tuesday 16th October (that's the midnight between Monday and Tuesday!)

There will be a mixture of boys, girls and Christmas

Here’s a little peek for you – this little munchkin is one of our best selling boy images and he’s called Abracadabra! (click on the link to see the stamp)

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I know a few of you (myself included) struggle with using the darker colours so this one will be very popular I think …all the hard work has been done for you by our fabulous Bev so you can get straight on with making your lovely card without worrying about the colouring!

I’ll put all the details for the card on my blog for you. This delicious ribbon was sent to me by the gorgeous girlies over at Crafty Ribbons, we’ve been so busy doing Christmas cards that I haven’t had chance to use my bag of goodies yet. There are some beautiful ribbons and they have some that are exclusive to them so do have a look at their shop …and I’ll be back tomorrow with another sneaky peek

This Blog Is Now Closed

We want to give you lots of ideas for using your Lili of the Valley stamps, toppers and papers. We have an amazing Design Team who make cards and projects to share with you and we post a new one on here every day.

Although this blog is now closed you can still view the archived posts. Our card galleries are packed with over 1000 card ideas for you, we have lots more on our Pinterest boards and you can also visit our Facebook page to show us your own cards and ask any questions that you might have. We are now on Twitter too @LOTVCrafts... just to make sure we reach everyone!